The row over Google+ numbers doesn’t look like going away with a fresh argument having broken out over transparency. During the recent quarterly report Larry Page indicated 170 million accounts had been “upgraded to Google+” but this information is seemingly not sufficient. Although...

Not everything benefits from having social thrust upon it – here’s why I’ll probably quit Springpad. I have been a staunch user of SpringPad for the past couple of years preferring it over the superior Evernote. In that time I have used it to plan and write well over a hundred blog...

As a social service reliant on its users is Facebook right to go public and do we as consumers need to be concerned of the potential impact? Numerous articles exist arguing that the big company ethos that accompanies a public listing ruined Google – it has sold out to its new corporate ideals...

As web based companies expand beyond their original remit is there a need to directly monetise all aspects of the business or can knowledge gained in one area be applied elsewhere to enhance performance? Facebook’s acquisition of Instagram has a partial similarity to the launch of Google+ in that...

Facebook’s acquisition of Instagram raises more questions than a simple “what’s in it for Facebook” and could potentially alter online photo sharing for good. In a post on Forbes, David Coursey argues that Instagram is Facebook’s Pinterest killer. He is “very aware...